Betty Walker

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name = Betty Walker

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birthdate = Birth date|1928|8|07
location = Elizabeth, New Jersey
deathdate = death date and age|1982|7|26|1928|8|07
birthname = Edith Seeman
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notable role = Sarah in Exodus (film, 1960)
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Betty Walker (August 7, 1928–July 26, 1982) was a Jewish-American comic who performed primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born Edith Seeman in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Latvian immigrants.

Life and career

Over the course of her career, Betty appeared numerous times on television,almost always doing her telephone act, wherein she delivered a monologueto her unseen friend "Ceil" at the other end of the line. She made guest appearances on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, "The Merv Griffin Show", "The Mike Douglas Show" and "The Steve Allen Show", on the radio, and in film, most notably in "Exodus" in 1960.

Walker also released several comedy albums including:

“Hello, Ceil It’s Me!!!” “Love and Laughter” “You Don’t Have to be Jewish / When You’re in Love the whole World is Jewish” (featured) “Spiked Jones’s Strictly for Music Lovers” (featured)

References

* [http://comedycollege.publicradio.org/archive/walker_betty.shtml Lessons in Laughter: Betty Walker] in Comedy College
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External links

* [http://comedycollege.publicradio.org/archive/walker_betty.shtml Lessons in Laughter: Betty Walker] in Comedy College